Vegetables
Sowing, spacing, feeding, pollination and harvest for the kitchen garden, crop by crop.
How to Grow Squash and Zucchini
Prepare your garden
Put the plant support in the bed before you sow. Most squash can be grown upright, which saves space and keeps the leaves off t...
How to Grow Eggplant from Seed in Australia
Covering several aspect of growing eggplant to get started if you’re looking to add this amazing plant to your garden.
A Comprehensive Guide to Growing Okra from Seeds
Okra in the Australian garden
Abelmoschus esculentus, or okra, is an increasingly popular summer vegetable here. It usually starts setting pods abo...
A Comprehensive Guide on Growing Egyptian Spinach
What Egyptian spinach is
Corchorus olitorius answers to many names: Egyptian spinach, molokhia, mulukhiyah, jute mallow, saluyot and nalta jute. It...
How to Grow Beetroot from Seed in Australia
A root crop that asks very little
Beetroot, Beta vulgaris, is a root vegetable also known as red beet, garden beet and table beet. It suits a small...
How to Grow Cabbage from Seed in Australia
Cabbage is a cool season crop, not a summer one
Cabbage, Brassica oleracea var. capitata, is a cole crop: a green, white or red biennial that home ...
How to Grow Organic Peas
Why peas are worth a bed
The sugars in a fresh pea begin turning to starch within hours of picking, which is why a homegrown pea tastes sweeter tha...
A Comprehensive Guide on Growing Broad Beans
A hardy cool season bean
Vicia faba, the broad bean, is a vetch, and its closest garden relatives are peas and lentils. Despite the shared name it ...